If really Coast is part of Kenya,why is it that there is neither a national school nor a University? We have poor infrastructure,poor hospitals,no fresh water,no title deeds for 47 years of Uhuru,is this fair? The leaders should bare in mind that we r not happy about this.

It has been a system of ruling,that;divide them so that u may rule them easly,make them poor so that u may rule them easly,educate them NOT so that u may rule them easly.All these systems have been used in Coast so that we may stay the way we are now,as the way they say.I tell them that we r awake.'Na mjinga akierevuka mwerevu yuko mashakani'.

Wake-up,wake-up,wake-up,Coast people it is dawn now,it's now or never.The time has come for us to have our own Nation.For those who oppose this they know that they have benefited from coast and they want to continue benefiting as if there r no people in Coast.U can full somebody once but not all the time.

For those who say it's a bad idea for Coast people to separate from Kenya, are those who have benefited from Coast and they want to benefit more.But i tell them and worn them that the time is up for them.The young generation is tied about this oppression.MWENYEZI MUNGU HAKUWA MWENYE KUTOJUA ALIPO TUPATIA BAHARI NA KUTUNYIMA MCHANGA WA RUTUBA,NA KUWAPEA WAO KENYA MCHANGA WA RUTUBA NA KUWANYIMA BAHARI.

This is ludicrous as a low leveled person being brain washed by some demagogues to believe that the Kenyan Coast and people in it are not Kenyans,Seemingly such type of psychopath learnt that,it's time for him and his group to turn unruly and pave way into others believing they dont have a nationality,What of the past ancestral belonging and their burial.It's true they have never engaged in active politics and nation building,The likes of Sharif Nassir,Ronald Ngala and his son Katana Ngala were bold,Now just a mere person and his six perons who are development aggressing think they should secceed instead of expanding for him to in the future carry out piracy and lawlessness in the Coast of Kenya.Hiyo ni danganya watu wa Mombasa kabisa,kwani sisi wa Lodwar tuta enda wapi,na kisumu je.It is internationally known that kenya has eight provinces and we all blame governance not to secceed.So they are cowards who never face reality but accept to be carried with pride of Mombasa raha.Kesho huzuni kahivyo they should not victimise the youth into acts of lawlessness because we all feel the same.And it's governance that brings the issue for the past five decades.Pamoja tushinde kama wakenya si kama wapwani.

the coastal people have the right to defend themselves from oppressor due to from the onset they did not honor the treat the reached for the these two region to be merged as a one country which prompt the treat to be worthless bofore the eyes of coasterian.

The trueth remains coast is not a part and percel of kenya,they try hard kill all the torch bearers,but let them know that they kill one,and two are born,even us leaving abroad we strongly support the seperation,let them get it clear we will fight tooth and neck to ensure that coast is back into the hands of coast people,inshallah

People studying revolutions understand that this is a great wave towards historical changes. This is how the quest for independence in the world against European hegemony started, starting with Ghana in the 50s on the black african side against the mighty British, and ending in the republic of South Africa in the 90s. The new wave have just started and it will trigger more and more seismic waves, the disatisfied and marginalised people of Eritrea are the first to succeed, the people of the Southern Sudan to come next, then most probably the people of the Niger Delta and most probably the people of the coastal region of Kenya. All the above cases have two things in common, marginalisation and arrogance of the oppressors. Hypocracy will take them no where, if they want to revert the NILE TREATY, then they must understand that its history unfolding. Its apparently clear that Kenya has treated coastal region defferently.

Just who is Coastarian and Who is not? i find for instance the towns have waswahili, the indigenous tribes, arabs, wakamba, wataita and a number of not soo near to cost tribes. Where do you make the distinction on who is coastarian and who is not?

For sure this is the time for the coast people to come together and fight through tooth and nail to free ourselves from the oppression of the so called Kenya. I do believe the kenya government is watching the turn of events for mombasa republic with anger but let me warn them this time round there is no going back and we have to get back what is rightfully ours. The kenya government has deliberately neglected the coast region for so long. Waswahili husema mgala muuwe lakini haki yake mpe so it is time for kenya to give us back what took from us 47 years back. Kenya always thought the coast people will be afraid but this is now history and i think we have what it takes to be a free republic after all. I kenya has been used to milk the golden goose for so long and it has benefited alot that's why it does not like the golden goose to be taken away but pole sana because we coast people want to also enjoy the services and the golden eggs you kenyans have been eating for all this time. Bravo coast people do not look behind we are all backing all the leaders of the Mombasa republic.

For You kenyans you had been talking of change at last u got ur new constitution, for now it's our turn the greet people of the coast .moses told his people's to go and fight for the land.so we all right.For You kenyans you had been talking of change at last u got ur new constitution, for now it's our turn the greet people of the coast .moses told his people's to go and fight for the land.so we all right.

SECESSION IS A CRIME DO NOT ALLOW IT. O.D.M, RAILA ODINGA AND COASTAL M.Ps, ARE SILENT SUPPORTERS. WHY ARE THEY NOT DENOUNCING THE INTENDED REPUBLIC? CAN THEY COME OUT OPENLY AND STATE THAT THEY ARE NOT BEHIND THE TRAITORS?

How on earth does anyone think of an idea such as secession in this and age.I wish you guys know what you are saying coz whatever choice you make expect a tough reaction from Nairobi,you decide to take up arms Nairobi and the rest of Kenya will rain down on like nothing you have never seen or heard (remember Chechnya in Russia? or Tamil Tigers in Sir-Lanka they had similar ambitions? what happened to them and where Where are they now?) Food for thought if you ask me.

4 CHRISTIANS?WAENDE WAPI?I AV ALWAYS ARGUED HERE THAT THE MAIN AGENDA OF MRC IS NOT TO LIBARATE THE COAST PEOPLE IT S ACTUALLY TO RECOLONIZE RHEM USING SHARIA AND OTHER MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK PEOPLE REMAIN SLAVES OF THE ARABS YU CAN SEE 4 UA SELVES NOW.THE REASONING BEHIND ASHARIA COUNTRY IS TO AVOID MODERN DAY STYLE OF LIFE WHICH MANY MUSLIMS ATRIBUTE TO THE EMARGANCY OF CHRISTIANITY.

It only takes small minded and non-patriotic individuals to think that separation and Islamization is the ultimate solution to the Coastal people. Lets stop taking for granted the unity we are currently enjoying as a country.

No national school? To tell you the truth, I dnt think that is an issue. Kenya is governed by a central govt. lctd in NBI n thus key infrastracture tends to be located where easy accessibility to the same! MSA is crippled by drugs abuse n a handful of parents would be willing to send their children to xul there. What have u as individuals dne to mitigate the same? No national school? To tell you the truth, I dnt think that is an issue. Kenya is governed by a central govt. lctd in NBI n thus key infrastracture tends to be located where easy accessibility to the same! MSA is crippled by drugs abuse n a handful of parents would be willing to send their children to xul there. What have u as individuals dne to mitigate the same?

Remember nthing lasts 4ever,now is the time4 MRC to show its power.how can u have a title deed of aland that u dont even know its location.BULO AREA OF BAMBURI MTAMBO is a case study of the land injustises in the coast region,THAT IS ILLEGALLY AQURERD by agroup of central MAFIAS we all know them in msa.BE WARNED;;We wont retreat this time,BRAVO MRC SOLIDARITY 4EVER.

The idea of having its own independent state is a basic and universal question but one has to be very sure of the history and advantage and disadvantage of getting independent.

Some countries are better with than alone like most islands attached to France. I thought if Haiti was attached to France, they wouldn't face such miserable life. There are many examples for this.

If eritrea was remain with ethiopia, its young generations wouldn't suffered in the Libyan desert and int he medtranean sea.So the question is that is Mombasa raise such a request, first it is in its best interest to remain with the great Kenya.I know many of you do not share my idea but I speak of a realist and while you are a simple separatist.Thanks

Separation is the only solution here, no need to continue living under opression. Yes you might argue that the area is crippled by drugs but who sells those drugs?the rich people from other parts who want to cripple us. If the government has done so much to fight mungiki, why not the same efforts to finish drug abuse at the coast?It is simple, no one cares about us and so let us manage our own resources and problems.period.

Interesting read the comments here, I've been following the MRC debate in the papers; quick question to everyone when has the Coast region been ruled by the indigenous people? The Arabs used it a s source of Ivory and Slaves, then the Portuguese, then the Arabs then the British have in a line going back almost 7 centuries been rulers of the Coast, did they have the indigenous tribes in mind? Secondly while there are Muslims at the Coast there are a lot of Christians with some of the oldest christian communities in Kenya located there; do they want a Islamic state? Thirdly as someone said who is a Coastarian? With all the intermarrying that has happened and is happening how do you determine a coastarian? Fourthly what about the people from the Coast living and working throughout Kenya? What rules should be applied to them? Very many people from the Coast who worked for the colonial government worked upcountry and married people from there. So how do you resolve that? Five the people of the Coast have to adapt to the way life has changed in Kenya, farming methods, family life, attitudes towards women and education, property ownership, economic activity they cannot in my opinion continue to be stuck in a way of life and attitudes that are pre-independence. Six the challenges of the Coast region are the same faced by the rest of Kenya: land issues, infrastructure issues (Moi Airport has been expanded, new ferries, planned bypasses) isn't that what is happening Nairobi? The port is being modernized and expanded (or is that a way to take away jobs from Wapwani?) I don't think there is a policy anywhere in the nation to give jobs specifically to people from that region, that is wrong for a nation of 40+ tribes. Seven at independence all land became CROWN land throughout the nation everyone has had to buy, steal or otherwise secure a title deed. There are squatters throughout the nation; not just at the Coast - its no excuse to grab land because you are from that region as has been and continues to be done in the coast. Eight due to slave trading people who lived at the coast lived at least of 10kms from the ocean in the hills and forests to avoid being captured by traders unless they lived in the villages under patronage of Arab chiefs or Arab appointed headmen of indigenous origin - after the British came and ended that the land along the coast had no owners did it? Nine how are the "leaders" (I use that word loosely) of the MRC getting the people of coast to change with the times? How are they equipping them with the skills to live in this century to compete with people living in this century? Or are they telling them that the solution is to form a "Republic" where they will maintain their way of life? And in that "Republic" will it not just continue to be the Arab families that control the coast that will continue to hold the reigns of economic control? Which is the case now, the funding for the MRC - is the aim of the individuals and families currently funding them to liberate the "people" of the Coast or to firmly control the economic output of the coast without sharing it with the rest of the nation?Ten as long as any group says their version of events is the right version without opening the books of history (through encouraging people to read, get an education) is hiding something - MRC is hiding somethingEleven - the port of Mombasa needs to be modernized, to continue to be relevant to the region. Revenue from the port should be plowed back into the port and region; however that doesn't mean that the people from the coast shouldn't work, whatever the future brings work, hard work and the reality of change is always going to be a part of the future people all over the world.Wapwani mskiye

Trust me....They r not prepared to secede...Most of the MRC leaders/members r illitrate who doesn't know the actual meaning of secession..Ari they've bn left squatters in their own land..Kwani it's only in coast that there are squatters? First, they should deal wid da issue of drugs thats rendering youths in those areas jobless..complaining they are no university in coast..Is that even an issue? No 1 is prohibited from attending any public university in kenya..N who owns most of em land in coast if it's not their leaders?? Instead of fighting for secession, they should b holding their leaders accountable coz they r the cause of their troubles...Y haven't they fought 4 their rights 4 all those years n what happens 2 those guyz who were born in coast n aint muslims? will they expell from coast once it gets it's "independence" which i dont c it coming in the near future

Its a hight tym 4 coastarians 2 become more vocai&fights for their rights.let the president honour the treaty which was signed,history repeats its self.we want&we need our own state.where do the taita&tave&part of kambas lie?answer me plz

kambas are in coast coz they were loyal to arabs nand they were also under the juridiction of mombasa republic, taita taveta iko ndani katika moyo wa mombasa republic, we need to get the almanacs n records that patain to our rights, we already have the original cipy of lease for 99 years which will expire in 2014 . after which we nid mombasa to decide if to renew it with the goverment of kenya or not

A bit of correction Mr. Anonymous,u n u alone is not going to vote next year. This is all nonsense pple of coast complaining of being oppressed aint true ,w2 wa bara wamesaidia pakubwa in dvpng msa n if it were not for them msa would be likesomalia by now.W2 wa coast kazi yao ni maunga 2.

so the people of the coast think because the government has done anything there they have to break of Kenya if so then every where in Kenya would do the same from the north rift valley to magadi all of those people suffered also that doesn't mean they are gonna rebel look at the countries in Africa that have fought civil wars its just been a waste of lives of millions so the coast has to stop thinking about how they want to create there own nation and figure out how to improve it with the creation of county governments you will have the power to elect council members who will help you removing the stress from the national government

You guys are being lied to by the MRC the land rights used to belong to the British government and when they expire they have a right to renew them or sell them to the Kenya government. the people in the coast rely on the Kenyan governments for profits etc if you guys decide to become a rouge state you will not only be dealing with Kenya but with the East African Community and the international community because who will support you the Arab in there countries are looking for places to invest in what does the coast have to offer Kenya has the rights to the shipping lanes to Mombasa the navy would just set up a blockade and sanction the rouge state stop using your legs and start using your brains and think of the effects its gonna have on the people the MRC is a extremist group that will make the coast into another AL shabab situation. We are all kenya it doesnt matter where you were born either in kisumu,turkana,mombasa,nairobi,highlands you were born in the border of kenya making you a 100% kenyan there is no such thing as a coastrican its a invented people

wake-up,wake-up all people from the coast and fight for your rights.coastal people support MOMBASA REPUBLICAN COUNCIL,and we supporting you and our brothers from europ,gulf,asia and africa also surppoting you.this is our chance to get our independent and inshaallah allah withus.i says to the people of coast/wapwani don't vote for election these year.dears brother use the wesdom to them and revalution has come now.

we are cheating ourselves, our main life depends on other parts of Kenya. Lets take the Matakwei in Mt. Elgon and see the fortunes the Mt. Elgon people went through, its not easy to tame the strip of coast out of the whole republic of Kenya. We never fought for independence, we never had any ambitions for studies,we are after the tourist and our children are dyeing from HIV due to over reliance of wazungus, take the recent hunger, we never had something and we had to ask relief food from the upcountry people to feed people in Kilifi, in Lamu, Tanariver and soo many. The insecurity is very prone as we are just adjacent to our neighbours Somali who are then the highest investors in our city Mombasa. Tell me, the warabu, and the Local people who is with upper hand. We are sending back this stripe of coastal to Asia and the oppressive we are experiencing in Saudia and other parts of Asia will be felt here. NO. NO. NO let ask the misgovernment to speed up our land ownership. But dare-not to do what your being told. MTALIPULIWA KAMA MATAKWEI YOU DONT HAVE RESOURCES, ASK AL-SHABABS, THEY THOUGHT THE KENYAN GOVER IS A DOG WITHOUT TOOTH, ASK THEM NOW EVEN THE EAST AFRICA AND CENTRAL AFRICA HAS TESTED THE POWER OF KENYAN ARMY.

I am shocked by what the MRC is propagating, lack of jobs? You have allowed your young men not to value education and now you want them to get jobs? what kind of jobs? educate your children and they will compete with the rest of the country, and then stop electing useless MP's who cannot tell the difference between a toe and a finger, then as a county you will be able to compete with the resources you have.

But blaming other people for your problems lack of Jobs etc is very immature.

Do you want us to believe that watu hawajasoma hapa coast, that is exactly what you kenyans hv been saying which has resulted to us coastarians feel oppressed and bitter to the extent of our quest to be a country of our own, as it is in the agreement signed.Stop being ignorant and read the history of the coast. Wajionyesha umesoma na hata hujui historia ya kenya.

i have read the history and the treaty was signed between the sultan of zanzibar( non-african) and the Crown ( non - african)..this is Africa...2) Truelly in your replies you do not answer many questions possed to you on local leadership and the value of education. 3) How does a port work ...by transmitting goods from inland to out and out to inland....most of these are not produced in Mombasa so bila watu wa bara you will end up in a worse situation....fact is mombasa is ran by drug barons..they pay no taxes, run the police and hence you have no revenue to sort out your issues.....

You are baggers you kenyans, i thought you have your own country to run kwa nini mnang'ang'ania inchi ambayo si yenu. I think you should go and help run down your country your corrupt foolish kenyans. Mpende msipende coast will be a country of its own. Spare your energy for your country, you praise yourselves but at the end of the day you depend on the coast. We are tired of parasites. Wacheni kutunyonya damu. Kama makwenu kwanini hamtaki kwenda. Ama nyinyi Mahayawani. Time is up and you either ship in or ship out.

4SOME ONE TO CLAIM THAT FELLOW KENYANS ARE BEGGARS THEN CONTRADICTS HIMSELF BY IMPLYING THA HE IS BEING MISTREATED BY THE SAME BEGGAR,THAT SHOW THE IGNORANCE AND BLINDNESS WITH WHICH YOU FOLLOW MRC AGROUP OF DISGRUNTLED ARAB BUSINESSMEN WHO HAVE FAILED TO QUEL THE TOUGH COMPETITION FROM WABARAH WHO INTRODUCED NEW BUSINESS TACTICS,D ARABS USED TO CONTROL DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS NOW THEY CANT THEIR BITTERNESS CAN B SEEN INTHE WAY THEIR ANGER IS DIRECTED AT THE UPCOUNTRY PEOPLE ,LET THEM SAY IT STRAIGT HAWATAKI WABARA KEWNYW COMPE YA BIASHARA.THEY HAVE AHIDDEN AGENDA

who is a coastarian............? what if I am a Kikuyu born and raised in coast and live in Kisauni where I also experience the ill serviced roads, lack of sanitation and the temptation to use drugs that are peddled freely......do i still remain a coastarian or am i a "Kenyan" and mark you I speak the swahili better than my own mother tounge and I have never set foot outside coast......please these questions posed to you MRC and we may understand your cause better.....Mandela's was clear end racism and injustice for all black, coloured or white.....what are your plans , how will you raise revenue to educate, for health, police, roads (which MPs have failed miserably in Mombasa (kisauni)), food production, water and sanitation services,

What is the origin of the Sultan of Zanzibar------occupiers who came from Asia just like those who deny us to use river nile for more food production to feed the people irrespective from where you come from

TEN REASONS WHY MRC IS BASED ON EUTOPIA!1)MRC has no clear agenda?2)How will it raise revenues?3) Looks more tribal than republican?4) How will a port survive without trade from inland consumers?5)Tourism numbers sore in months of december from local tourist?6) Do calls for cessesion favour tourism aN ECONOMIC pillar in the coastal economy?7) How will MRC rally its people to produce sufficient food for all ( holding question 2 in mind)?8)How will you run hotels without support resources from mainland?9) Fresh waters that serve the coast run from the highlands of the main land...how will MRC control this vital resource....imagine dams being built half-harzadly and then drying up your fresh water supply)10) Uganda has oil and MRC is creating a hostile environment, then KPL from Mombasa becomes irrelevant and Busia becomes a refinery destination....more job losses don't you think!

LETS BE REALISTIC I WOULD ADVICE MRC TO TAKE CONTROL OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND USE THIS TO LEVERAGE FOR RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT THATS WHY WE ARE DEVOLVING AND DEVOLUTION AND CESSESION ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.....LETS THINK BEFORE WE ACT...FOR THE SAKE OF COAST.....A CONCERNED COAST BORN RESIDENT

these arabs are insane...they come all the way from oman...overthrow the Portuguese(who had earlier killed the indigenous coastal bantus n enslaved them)..the arabs were later kicked out by the british who colonise the land and later give independence and leave...IF MRC(READ STUPID ARAB DESCENDANTS) CANT LIVE AMONG US PEACEFULLY,LET THEM GO BACK TO OMAN....OTHERWISE KENYA WILL REMAIN AS ONE..IF THE NE SOMALIS DID NOT MAKE IT EVEN WITH SUPPORT OF SOMALIA GOVT...SLDF WAS WIPED OUT IN A WEEK....THESE GUYS ARE GOING NOWHERE...

dont b fooled brothers rhis are arab descentants who have refused to accept the reality tha even mijikenda(sons and daughters )who were undermined long b4 can b educated and churn abetter life knowing there destiny.they want us to continue serving the m as hoseboys to their children we refused to b used kenya is kenya let them go to oman .if you doubt me .look at wat is happening in saudia we cant accept their ill motive plis read between the lines

go back to history between the so called kenyans and arabs who looks alike with indigenous coastal like mijikenda?back to history coast was originally ablack nation it does not belong to oman arabs.they want to sneak back their opressive regime through the back door inthe name of MRC so that they start sharia laws,u doubt me?soma huo mkataba vizuri usikubali kusomewa,je hao ma absendee landlord ni wakenya au waarabu?walochukua mashamba ya babuu zetu ni akina nani?uliza mababu walio hai utajua vizuri,how can an opressor pretent to want to help the poressed to get justice .unless u live inthe sky,MRC ni waarabu sio ya wapwani they have ahidden agenda,IF THEIR CONCERNS ARE GENIUNE WAANZE KUREGESHA MASHAMBA YA BABUU ZETU KISHA TUWASIZE.

Whoever thinks Coastarians will remain part of Kenyans are dreaming, never make a mistake, we Coastarians have resolved to sacrifice for this cause after more than 40 years of OCCUPATION and NEGLECT from successive Kenyan Regimes.Those upcountry or Kenyans living at the Coast should watch out when commenting on our issues we Coastarians.Long live Pwani lomg live Uhuru wa Pwani struggle. And the Kenyan Government should be wise enough not to militarise the issue, othewise they should learn from Eritrea, South Sudan and Somaliland, to mention just a few regional examples.

I am a KENYAN,from coast, born and raised. I want to speak on this big misconception that coast people don't own land. They do. the question should be who owns the land in coast? It is not the local mijikendas who do, it is the Arab descendants, because their fore fathers had the for site to STEAL ALL the land and turn the original owners (MIJIKENDAS) into squatters. These Arab descendants collect land fees from the home owners and in turn are supposed to pay a percentage of that to the government. Unfortunately many have not been paying the land property taxes therefore they owe millions to the government. The time is running out for them to-pay the taxes or loose the land, which will then be open for sell. Most of these Arab decadents, have not diversified, their sole income comes from the land and there is a lot of infighting between the many relatives because let's face it the Kenya Shilling does not go as far as it used to. So tell me, how do these Arab descendants, hold on to the lands and their only source of income? How do they keep their traditions and religion in a country full of Christians? How do they continue to oppress the locals and their own women? How do they keep the shambaboys, the houseboys, the housegirls (whom they rape and mistreat)? I will tell you how, by bringing up this nonsense of separation from KENYA. This is nothing but these Arabs trying to keep the status quo. So they don't pay taxes, so they can keep the indigenous people landless, uneducated and depended on them. Wake up people and smell the plot. read between the lines. educate yourselves and your children. read your history and interpret it don't just listen to what someone tells you.